New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water
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Re: New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water
#2Unpopular opinion warning!
Getting people to save water is one of the simplest things in the world!
Water is the cheapest material that people have access to. It is so cheap it has been devalued to the extreme. Fill a backyard pool? That'll be less than $100...
Raise the price a little bit, all of a sudden people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect and have the same quality of life.
Framing a scientific breakthrough as "saving money on water" is ridiculous. We already have a simple solution that works.
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#3> The researchers also predict the coating could last for about 500 flushes in a conventional toilet before a reapplication of the lubricant layer is needed.
It's a neat idea - especially the fact the bowl remains white, unlike a coating of PTFE or similar.
I wonder if it's an idea they can develop further into a permanent coating?
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#4Unpopular opinion warning! Getting people to save water is one of the simplest things in the world! Water is the cheapest material that people have access to. It is so cheap it has been devalued to the extreme. Fill a backyard pool? That'll be less than $100... Raise the price a little bit, all of a sudden people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect and have the same quality of life. Framing a scien…
> people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect
These are mutually exclusive statements in this context.
Re: New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water
#5Unpopular opinion warning! Getting people to save water is one of the simplest things in the world! Water is the cheapest material that people have access to. It is so cheap it has been devalued to the extreme. Fill a backyard pool? That'll be less than $100... Raise the price a little bit, all of a sudden people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect and have the same quality of life. Framing a scien…
As a general rule for necessities, if you want it to be cheap enough for the poor to be able to comfortably use what they need it has to be cheap enough for the rich to waste it. For water specifically, Private use is a drop in the bucket compared to commercial and agricultural use.
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#6Reminds me of an old plumbing trick: got a really stuck toilet? Pour a little dish soap into the bowl. It makes everything slippery so dislodging debris is much easier.
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#7How satisfying to watch that video....
Re: New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water
#8Unpopular opinion warning! Getting people to save water is one of the simplest things in the world! Water is the cheapest material that people have access to. It is so cheap it has been devalued to the extreme. Fill a backyard pool? That'll be less than $100... Raise the price a little bit, all of a sudden people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect and have the same quality of life. Framing a scien…
Water should be cheap, it's less expensive overall that society dealing with poor water sources (healthcare, developmental). There should be a two tier price system. Cheap up to a threshold, then expensive beyond that, like with mobile internet.
And even then, tech to reduce waste is great and should be celebrated and is not mutually exclusive.
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#9What is this stuff made from? I hope they think of the fish, that's all.
Re: New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water
#10Unpopular opinion warning! Getting people to save water is one of the simplest things in the world! Water is the cheapest material that people have access to. It is so cheap it has been devalued to the extreme. Fill a backyard pool? That'll be less than $100... Raise the price a little bit, all of a sudden people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect and have the same quality of life. Framing a scien…
> people will use less water, they won't even notice any effect These are mutually exclusive statements in this context.
"any effect on their quality of life" - what I meant ...
now does being motivated to fix a leaky toilet that otherwise you wouldn't have bothered to do count as a quality of life decrease?